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Birmingham Botanical Garden and the hike that was almost disaster.
Right now, the boys are ate up with Disc Golf, and while I love doing things with them, after looking at this course, I decided that it was a bit more than my novice level, so Ray and I decided to go to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Operated by the City of Birmingham, this…
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Winston-Salem via Tuscaloosa
Spring Break 2023 we planned the trip around our two boys. Our oldest now lives in Tuscaloosa, AL where he is a student at University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) and our youngest is assessing and auditioning for drama schools, and had an audition at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. We took off…
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My son took me to a mental hospital
My son took me to a mental hospital… We flew to Atlanta, grabbed a rental truck and stopped by IKEA on our way to Tuscaloosa, AL to help our oldest son set up his first home. During a break in assembling furniture and shopping for decor, hanging curtains and cleaning the spaces, he asked if…
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Shooting the Milky Way
The class was put on by Jason Weingart and his team, who double as storm chases in the rainy season. We loaded up and headed out for the first location. Everyone got all set up and was focused and shooting test shots when a white Nissan pickup came down the road. We all scrambled to…
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Waking up in the desert
The next morning, we got up and finished filling out our registration paperwork since the office was closed when we arrived and the attendant recommended the café next door, said that they had great bacon and even better avocado toast. So we walked over and sure enough, though harried, the waitress brought us a great…
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Ready to Go! Terlingua, TX
For my birthday, Ray purchased two tickets to a photography workshop in Terlingua, Tx, known as one of the darkest sky areas of the United States, and in the top 10 on the world. We love to do astrophotography and this is something we’ve looked forward to for months. We ordered the truck in November, and…
